10TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE 'FACES OF WAR' • JUNE 5-6, 2025 • UNIVERSITY OF ŁÓDŹ
Ladies and Gentleman
We invite you to participate in the tenth, jubilee conference of the Faces of War series, which will traditionally take place at the Institute of History at the University of Łódź and online on June 5-6, 2025. This year, we plan to dedicate the conference to the theme of War and Memory.
War, as an individual and collective experience, as well as an element of political, historical, and cultural narratives, is inextricably linked to memory and various forms of commemoration. Among the topics we aim to address at our conference, special attention will be given to the relationship between war, memory, and identity. We also seek to discuss the evolution of memory and the creation of related myths and legends. We would appreciate papers that consider the issue of different forms of memory—ranging from individual experiences to the perspectives of social, political, and national groups. Additionally, we welcome presentations analyzing various examples of referencing war experiences through illustrations and forms of commemoration. For this reason, works of literature, architecture, visual arts, film, and others, which serve as tools for shaping the perception of historical conflicts, are also interesting.
We hope that the conference will provide a forum for presenting previously unknown sources: historical, archaeological, and others, along with new interpretations of texts and artifacts that have already been the subject of research. We also draw attention to the challenges of documenting contemporary conflicts, including verifying the credibility and archiving materials that are mass-produced during such events.
We would like to highlight the role of places of memory, such as architectural monuments, museums, memorials, and cemeteries. During the conference, topics related to processes of reconciliation and the impact of memory politics on historical and social narratives and international relations may also be addressed.
Our participants will include scholars from various fields who study different cultures and epochs—from antiquity to contemporary times. Please refer to the list of suggested topics below; however, other themes related to the conference's overarching research issue are also welcome.
We anticipate the publication of post-conference proceedings by the University of Łódź Press, which will contain articles that receive positive reviews.
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